Excerpt from The Horse and His Rider: An Anecdotic Medley

The Arab is in many respects entitled to take the lead among all the breeds of horses. The pace of these animals is rapid and graceful; they are hardy, and can continue travelling at the rate of from fifty to sixty miles a day; and five or six pounds weight of coarse barley in the evening is a sufficient feed. The horses of Arabia are divided into two classes, ignoble and noble: the former they call by a name which signifies 'without pedigree;' the latter by another name, which means 'known for two thousand years.' 'If,' says an Arab story, 'you meet one of the faithful in the desert mounted upon a kochlani, and he shall say, "God bless you!" before you can say, "And God's blessing upon you," he shall he out of your horizon, for the whirlwind toils after him in vain.'

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